Programs & Services

RCAC’s programs and services deliver solutions to complex community needs. Our local presence allows us to develop partnerships with communities to identify needs, set goals, and select the best options to meet those goals. RCAC and our partners provide the tools to create change and growth, but the communities chart their own course. Collaboration, plus community effort will equal community change. How can we help you?

Trainings & Events

RCAC expands the knowledge base of the rural public through education and training. Our training expertise is in technical, financial, and administrative issues that affect rural communities. We take great pride in our professional trainer team's capacity and effectiveness. Our trainers maximize audience participation to keep trainings relevant and memorable.

News & Publications

Rural Advocacy

High unemployment rates, sub-standard housing and poverty are commonplace in low-income rural communities. Many of these communities also face daunting challenges to access safe, clean drinking water and to develop other vital infrastructure. These issues are often overlooked in policy because rural communities lack the resources, training or social networks that are found in urban areas. Learn how you can advocate for the under-served population in the West.

About RCAC

Founded in 1978, RCAC provides training, technical and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals. For more than 35 years, our dedicated staff and active board, coupled with our key values: leadership, collaboration, commitment, quality and integrity, have helped effect positive change in rural communities across the West. Learn more about who we are and how we operate.

Engineers are examining the damaged main spillway at Oroville Dam after a break there led to mass evacuations a few weeks ago. Along with geologists, they will try to determine how best to repair the eroded concrete.

They are unsure how long this work might take, but repairs could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Their priority is to remove rock and debris that are preventing the Hyatt Powerplant at the dam’s base from operating, Bill Coyle, the acting director for the state Department of Water Resources, told the Los Angeles times. The surrounding communities depend on the plant for power and drinking water.

“Our goal is to aggressively attack the debris pile,” Coyle said. “Once this sort of gets into a zero-flow environment, it’ll be a little less stressful.”